On April 12th, in the latitude of 3 degrees 45 minutes south, and in the longitude of 167 degrees, we found the variation 10 degrees towards the east.

That night part of the crew were wakened out of their sleep by an earthquake.

They immediately ran upon deck, supposing that the ship had struck.

On heaving the lead, however, there was no bottom to be found.
We had afterwards several shocks, but none of them so violent as the first.

We had then doubled the Struis Hoek, and were at that time in the Bay of Good Hope.